Friday, March 1, 2013

With Everlasting Love...

I have been reading
through Jeremiah in the ESV Study Bible....and finding a very daunting process.
But today I read a verse that resonates with my spirit in a way that surprises
me.

Jeremiah 31:3: "...I have loved you with an everlasting love;

therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."

Now I know that God's
love for us is one of the most basic tenants of the Bible. But today, it hit me
all over again. And I know God is referring to Israel, but I think that it's
okay of you and I take it personally. I am also impressed by the idea that God
continues His faithfulness to me. the people of Israel have been anything but
faithful to God; that is what most of the book of Jeremiah is about. But God chooses
to be faithful to unfaithful people; and that includes you and me!

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